Lindsaea

  • Authority

    Mickel, John T. & Smith, Alan R. 2004. The pteridophytes of Mexico. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 88: 1-1054.

  • Family

    Lindsaeaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Lindsaea

  • Description

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    Genus Description - Lindsaea is a genus of 150 species, about 1/3 from the American tropics, mostly though of Southeast Asia and adjacent Pacific area. It is most closely allied to Odontosoria (Wolf, 1995). Lindsaea is probably an ancient genus, judging from its diverse chromosome numbers (x=34, 41, 47, 50), protostelic, scale-hair transitions, and broad distribution.

  • Discussion

    Type: Lindsaea trapeziformis Dryand. [= Lindsaea lancea (L.) Bedd. var. lancea].

    At low to middle elevations, in wet forests, it often grows with Adiantum, with which it is superficially confused, and mixed collections or misidentifications frequently result. Lindsaea resembles Adiantum in blade dissection, segment shape and marginal sori, but is distinct in the paler axes and the sori with outward-opening (extrorse) indusia